Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

Bayadyinyang budyari Dharug yiyura Dharug Ngurra.
Bayady’u budyari Dharug Warunggadgu baranyiin barribugu.
Bayady’u budyari wagulgu yiyuragu Ngurra bimalgu Blacktown City. Flannel flowers dyurali bulbuwul.
Yanmannyang mudayi Dharug Ngurrawa. Walama ngyini budbud dali Dharug Ngurra Dharug yiyura baranyiin barribugu.

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English

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharug people, and their continued connection to Country.
We pay our respects to Elders from yesterday to tomorrow.
We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Blacktown City where the flannel flowers still grow proud and strong.
We will walk softly on this land and open our hearts to Country as the Dharug people have for tens of thousands of years.

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Spring into our new season!

Join the 4ESydney family for the 4Elements HipHop Festival as it returns to Blacktown for 2024! Then explore Beyond the Elements a new exhibition taking over The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

Our Spring School Holidays will bring you out of this world workshops inspired by HOSSEI’s Makers Space. Alongside a fun filled acting lesson from experts at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA)

Learn about the historical Battle of Richmond Hill through The Naming of Things, an installation featuring Dharug artist and educator Chris Tobin and filmmaker Darrin Baker.

Soak up the sun at Lalor Park with The Village by the Kids: Self-guided Audio Adventure by Claudia Chidiac and Lalor Park Public School. 

Then, jump online to experience Mohabbat, a Lullaby for a Rising a short film by artists Narjis Mirza and Maissa Alameddine.

Check out what’s on offer! 

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4ESydney Family & Friends photographed by Garry Trinh.

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